Man killed in Mid-City shooting: NOPD

The scene of a homicide in Mid-City Monday evening (May 15). (Photo by Laura McKnight, The Times-Picayune)

The scene of a homicide in Mid-City Monday evening (May 15). (Photo by David Grunfeld, The Times-Picayune)
(David Grunfeld)

The NOPD is investigating a homicide in the 200 block of North Rendon Street in New Orleans Monday May 15, 2017. Initial reports show one male victim.(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

The NOPD is investigating a homicide in the 200 block of North Rendon Street in New Orleans Monday May 15, 2017. Initial reports show one male victim.(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

The NOPD is investigating a homicide in the 200 block of North Rendon Street in New Orleans Monday May 15, 2017. Initial reports show one male victim.(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

The NOPD is investigating a homicide in the 200 block of North Rendon Street in New Orleans Monday May 15, 2017. Initial reports show one male victim.(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

The NOPD is investigating a homicide in the 200 block of North Rendon Street in New Orleans Monday May 15, 2017. Initial reports show one male victim.(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

The NOPD is investigating a homicide in the 200 block of North Rendon Street in New Orleans Monday May 15, 2017. Initial reports show one male victim.(Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)

A man was shot and killed in the 200 block of North Rendon Street Monday evening (May 15), New Orleans police said.

Police responding to a call of shots fired found the victim, who was in his early 30s, with more than one gunshot wound, according to NOPD spokeswoman Ambria Washington. His body was discovered outside, Washington said.

Anthony, who lives in the area and declined to give his last name, said he was standing outside when he heard about 10 shots shortly after 6 p.m.

Anthony said he saw nothing, except for a woman running past him, away from the sounds of gunfire, as he scrambled back into his house.

Another neighbor estimated that he heard about 15 shots. "Quite a few," he said.

At the intersection of Iberville and North Rendon streets, a crowd of about 20 people gathered around 7 p.m., clustered into two groups next to the police tape.

Near the intersection, but away from the crowds, a man walked away from the yellow police tape, sobbing as he and a woman embraced.

A few minutes later, another two women walked away from the scene, one comforting the other, who was weeping.

Another woman at the scene said she grew up with the victim, living in the same neighborhood and attending the same schools, described him as "very sweet, kindhearted."

"Never expected this to happen," she said.

By 8 p.m., the crowd gathered at Iberville and North Rendon streets had grown to nearly 70 people: women speaking quietly on cell phones, small children giggling and chasing each other on the sidewalk, a row of men and women standing silent, their arms crossed or hands in pockets, leaning against a police car as they stared past the tape.

Investigators congregated around a parking lot behind a large white business building that fronts Bienville Avenue. The coroner's van along with a crime-scene van and a pickup truck were parked in the lot. A single lime-green evidence cone was visible in the lot, next to an item lying on the ground.

At 8:15 p.m., the crowd began to disperse as the sky darkened and the coroner's van pulled away.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call NOPD Homicide Detective Rayell Johnson at 504.658.5300 or Crimestoppers at 504.822.1111.